List of former Buddhists

The following is a list of former Buddhists who no longer identify as such, organized by their current religious affiliation or ideology.

Christianity

Name	Nationality	Notes	Refs.	Mitsuo Fuchida	Japanese	Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service captain noted for involvement in the attack on Pearl Harbor who later became an evangelist	[1][2]
Zack Lee	Indonesian	actor and boxer	[3]
Jaruvan Maintaka	Thai	former Auditor-General of Thailand	[4]
Chieko N. Okazaki	American	Relief Society leader	[5]
Talduwe Somarama	Sri Lankan	former Buddhist monk and assassin	[6]
Charlie Soong	Chinese	businessman and missionary	[7]
Janice Vidal	Hong Konger	singer	[8][9]
Paul Williams	English	professor in Indian religions at the University of Bristol	[10]
Vanness Wu	Taiwan	actor and singer	[11]
Yu Tian	Taiwan	singer-politician	[12]

Hinduism

Mihirakula – Huna ruler[13]
Rajasinghe I – Sri Lankan king who conquered Kandy[14]
Rishabhadatta – Satrap viceroy[15]
Rudradaman I – Satrap ruler and conqueror of the Satavahanas[16]
Vasudeva I – Kushan king and numismatist[17]

Islam

The Barmakid family – originally the guardians of the great Buddhist shrine near Balkh, upon conversion they became "the greatest family" in the early Abbasid caliphate[18]
Muhammad ibn Suri - king of the Ghurid dynasty from the 10th-century to 1011
Mahmud Ghazan – seventh ruler of the Ilkhanate[19]
Korguz – was an Uyghur governor of Khorasan[20] during the reign of the Mongol ruler Ogedei Khan[21]
Muhammad Khodabandeh – eighth Ilkhaid dynasty ruler in Iran from 1304 to 1316[22]
Mubarak Shah – head of the ulus of the Chagatai Khanate (1252–1260, March–September 1266)[23]
Daniel Moore – poet[24]
Donei Kalaminjaa – king of the Maldives[25]
Tarmashirin – Khan of the Chagatai Khanate following Duwa Timur[26]
Hussein Ye – Islamic scholar of Chinese descent whose lectures are frequently aired on Peace TV[27]
Stanzin Saldon - Converted to Islam for marriage with Murtaza Agha. Made lot of headlines.[28]

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References

"Christianity Today newsletter". Christianitytoday.com. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
From Pearl Harbor to Calvary by Mitsuo Fuchida.
""Kesaksian hidup Zack Lee (suami Nafa Urbach)" at". gmstrueworshippers.wordpress.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
""God's on My Side" at". Nationmultimedia.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
"New Relief Society General Presidency Called," Ensign, May 1990, pp. 110–11.
"Ceylon: To Find Forgiveness – TIME". Time.com. 13 July 1962. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
"The Chinese Revolution and Chinese Communism". Web.ku.edu. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
Janice Vidal (2009). Twins effect inspires Janice Vidal (衛蘭) (interview footage). Hong Kong: South China Morning Post.
Janice: Except God, I trust Leon the Most (Traditional Chinese), Oriental Daily, Retrieved on 2010-07-08
Buddhism: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies Edited and with a new introduction by Paul Williams (London: Routledge, 2005). Eight volumes. ISBN 978-0-415-33226-2
Tan, Theresa. "Vanness Wu: Christian First, Entertainer Second". City News. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
（圖輯影音）余天受洗成基督徒拋棄過去所有罪孽, Liberty Times, 2017-04-09
Thakur, Upendra. The Hunas in India. The Chowkhamba Senskrit, Banaras, 1967.
Dona Catherina: the last empress of Lanka Lanka Library
Divatia 42
Divatia, N. B. (1993). Gujarati Language and Literature. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 8120606485.
Coins of India Calcutta : Association Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1922
Kennedy, Hugh (2004). The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates. Longman. pp. 137, 143.
Mahmud Ghazan Archived 3 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. 2 July 2007.
Genghis Khan: his life and legacy By Paul Ratchnevsky, Thomas Nivison Haining, pg. 204
The Cambridge history of Iran, Volume 5 By University of Cambridge, pg. 204
Limbert, J. W. (2004). Shiraz in the age of Hafez: the glory of a medieval Persian city. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p.87
A Sketch of the History of Hindustan from the First Muslim Conquest to the Fall of the Mughal Empire by H. G. Keene
Moore, Abd al-Hayy.CHOOSING ISLAM: ONE MAN'S TALE. University of New Hampshire.
Maldives By Stefania Lamberti, pg.15
"The Chaghadaids and Islam: the conversion of Tarmashirin Khan (1331–34). – Journal, Magazine, Article, Periodical". Goliath.ecnext.com. 1 October 2002. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
"Peace Tv". Peacetv.in. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
says, Buddhist socialist (23 October 2017). "On the Run for Love: Buddhist-Muslim Marriage". www.InterfaithShaadi.org. Retrieved 3 June 2019.

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[1] "Christianity Today newsletter". Christianitytoday.com. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[2] From Pearl Harbor to Calvary by Mitsuo Fuchida.

[3] ""Kesaksian hidup Zack Lee (suami Nafa Urbach)" at". gmstrueworshippers.wordpress.com. Retrieved 30 June 2012.

[4] ""God's on My Side" at". Nationmultimedia.com. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[5] "New Relief Society General Presidency Called," Ensign, May 1990, pp. 110–11.

[6] "Ceylon: To Find Forgiveness – TIME". Time.com. 13 July 1962. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[7] "The Chinese Revolution and Chinese Communism". Web.ku.edu. Retrieved 2 November 2012.

[8] Janice Vidal (2009). Twins effect inspires Janice Vidal (衛蘭) (interview footage). Hong Kong: South China Morning Post.

[9] Janice: Except God, I trust Leon the Most (Traditional Chinese), Oriental Daily, Retrieved on 2010-07-08

[10] Buddhism: Critical Concepts in Religious Studies Edited and with a new introduction by Paul Williams (London: Routledge, 2005). Eight volumes. ISBN 978-0-415-33226-2

[11] Tan, Theresa. "Vanness Wu: Christian First, Entertainer Second". City News. Retrieved 20 March 2009.

[12] （圖輯影音）余天受洗成基督徒拋棄過去所有罪孽, Liberty Times, 2017-04-09

[13] Thakur, Upendra. The Hunas in India. The Chowkhamba Senskrit, Banaras, 1967.

[14] Dona Catherina: the last empress of Lanka Lanka Library

[15] Divatia 42

[16] Divatia, N. B. (1993). Gujarati Language and Literature. Asian Educational Services. ISBN 8120606485.

[17] Coins of India Calcutta : Association Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1922

[18] Kennedy, Hugh (2004). The Prophet and the Age of the Caliphates. Longman. pp. 137, 143.

[19] Mahmud Ghazan Archived 3 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2007. Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. 2 July 2007.

[20] Genghis Khan: his life and legacy By Paul Ratchnevsky, Thomas Nivison Haining, pg. 204

[21] The Cambridge history of Iran, Volume 5 By University of Cambridge, pg. 204

[22] Limbert, J. W. (2004). Shiraz in the age of Hafez: the glory of a medieval Persian city. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p.87

[23] A Sketch of the History of Hindustan from the First Muslim Conquest to the Fall of the Mughal Empire by H. G. Keene

[24] Moore, Abd al-Hayy.CHOOSING ISLAM: ONE MAN'S TALE. University of New Hampshire.

[25] Maldives By Stefania Lamberti, pg.15

[26] "The Chaghadaids and Islam: the conversion of Tarmashirin Khan (1331–34). – Journal, Magazine, Article, Periodical". Goliath.ecnext.com. 1 October 2002. Retrieved 7 April 2010.

[27] "Peace Tv". Peacetv.in. Retrieved 7 April 2010.

[28] says, Buddhist socialist (23 October 2017). "On the Run for Love: Buddhist-Muslim Marriage". www.InterfaithShaadi.org. Retrieved 3 June 2019.